Instead, public school advocates wanting to improve the recruitment and retention of a talented and
diverse teaching pool should focus on how North Carolina's teacher pay compares to the pay in other professions requiring a college education.
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The NUT argues its strike addresses a longer - term problem of the quality of teacher staffing, fearing that year - on - year pay «failing to keep pace with inflation» has a negative impact on
the teaching pool.
To dumb down the standards for incoming teachers with the ludicrous excuse to diversify
the teaching pool is completely absurd.»
The problem is that while teacher licensure screens are an unproven way to improve teacher quality, they are a sure - fire way to shrink
the teaching pool.
The state has twice before tried to bring the statewide minimum up to 3.0, but fell short each time amid concerns that it would unfairly limit
the teaching pool.
From this example we conclude that, although identifying low - performing teachers is an essential step in the process of ensuring that all students have adequate educational opportunities, removing low - performing teachers from
the teaching pool is not a true improvement strategy.
Policymakers trying to improve the quality of
the teaching pool should consider using measures actually indicative of performance rather than age.
It's easier for the upper classes to hear calls for diversifying
the teaching pool when those calls pertain to its benefits upon black and brown students.
But if we are serious about advancing them, we need to stop scapegoating unions and take steps to increase and improve
the teaching pool.
Do you have a passion for diversifying
the teaching pool to positively impact the lives of students in K - 12 public education?
Due to principal pushback or the poor quality of
the teaching pool, the DOE was only able to place 41 of the 1202 ATR teachers.